“Anthropology is a sensitive barometer of social concerns, providing invaluable insights into national sensitivities. This volume offers a critical reading of these separate national barometers across the Southeast Asian region from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore to Indonesia and the Philippines. It gives a glimpse of both national and transnational research on a great variety of social formations in transition.”
— James J. Fox, Australian National University
“This is a comprehensive, useful primer on the practice of anthropology in Southeast Asia from the viewpoint of Southeast Asian academics heavily engaged in the field.”
— Choice
“Each contribution may be read as an introduction to the depth and form of the establishment of formal anthropology.”
— SOJOURN
"This short review doesn’t reflect the richness of the ten accounts presented in this volume, the in-depth historical and institutional contextualization and the interesting depicted ethnographies . . . [this is] an important contribution to the understanding of the countries’ anthropology histories and current trends.”
— Moussons
“The book makes it clear that it refrains from creating a ‘singular master narrative' for anthropology in Southeast Asia. But despite keeping these threads loose, by assembling them in a single volume this book is an appealing invitation for added reflection, and to weave these loose threads into new configurations."
— Andrea Ragragio, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde
“The chapters in the book provide a strong introduction to anthropological works emerging from Southeast Asia by Southeast Asians. . . . The book will be useful to researchers of Southeast Asia who are looking to be introduced to the formation of anthropological scholarship in the region."
— International Journal of Asian Studies